Steering-gear.



PATENTED. MAY l2, 1908.

0. J. SCHOENING. STEERING GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY4, 1907.

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CHARLES .IULIUS SCHOENING, OF HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO GEORGE P. COOKE, OF HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

STEERING-GEAR..

No. 887,701. Specification-of Letters Patent. Patented May 12, 1908. Appiicatioii med May 4, 1907. seriai No. 371,773.

To all whom it may concern:4 l the said wheel. It will also be seen that Be it known that I, CHARLES J. SoHOENi l when the section A2 is telescoped in the sec- ING, a citizen of the United States, and aresition A' sufficient space is provided at the dent of Honolulu, county of Oahu and Terridrivers seat for the latter to conveniently tory of Hawaii, have invented a new and Impass to or from the same. 60

proved Steering-Gear, of which the following Although I have shown one form of locking is a full, clear, and exact description. device, it is evident that I do not limit myself The object of the invention is to provide a to the same.

new and improved steering gear, more espe- The spark device D and the throttle ooncially designed for use on automobiles, motor trol E, arranged within the steering column G5 "boats, air ships and other vehicles, and ar A, are likewise made in telescoping sections,

ranged to bring the steering wheel into poslas plainly indicated in the drawings, so that tion for convenient manipulation by the the several parts are always in the proper driver of the motor vehicle and to allow of active position.

adjusting the steering column, to permit con- In practice the steering column IA may be '70 vement access to or egress from the drivers I arranged horizontally or nearly so, or at seat. about an angle of twenty-five to thirty de- The inventionconsists of novel features and grees from the horizontal, so that the hand parts and combinations of the same, which wheel B is in a very good position for the will be more fully described hereinafter and driver to actuate the same while seated in a then pointed out in the claims. natural position on the seat. Thus a better A practical embodiment of the invention is control of the machine can be had by the use represented in the accompanying drawings of this device.

forming a p art of this specification, in which By telescoping the section A2 within the similar characters of reference indicate corsection A' the steering wheel B is lowered suf- 8O responding parts in both the views. ficiently to permit'convenient packing an Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the shipping of the motor vehicle from one place improvement as applied, and Fig. 2 is an ento another. larged cross section of the same, on the line Having thus described my invention, I

, 2-2 of Fig. l. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 85 The steering column A of the steering gear Patent:

for a motor vehicle is made in hollow sec- 1. A steering gear for motor vehicles protions A', A2, of which the section A' is convided with a steering column made in secnected at its lower end in the usual manner tions telescoping one in the other, means in with the steering gear proper, and the outer connection with the sections for preventing and upper end of the section A2 is provided l rotary movement thereof with res ,ect to with the usual hand wheel B under the coneach other and a locking device for Rocking trol of the driver of the motor vehicle, to the sections in the adjusted position. properly turn the column with a view to .2. A steering gear for motor vehicles lprosteer the vehicle in the desired direction. vided with ahollow steering column ma ein The sections A', A2 of the steering column sections, one telesco ing in the other, means are preferably made square in crossy section, l in connection with t e sections for preventas plainly indicated in Fig. 2, and the section ing rotary movement thereof with respect to A2 is free to slide or telescope in the section each other, a locking device for fastening the A', and in order to lock the sections A', A2 sections together, and a telescoping spark 100 together in any adjusted position a locking l and throttle device within the said column device is provided, preferably in the form of and telescoping with the column sections.

a spring latchOheld on the upper end of the In testimony whereof I have signed my section A' and adapted to en age one of a name to this specification in the presence of seiies of spacel aprerhtures A3f1 ormed in the two subscribing witnesses.

ot er section 2. usb t e arran einent described the driver can niove the seczion A2 CHARLES 'IUI'.IUS SCHOENING' outward or inward, so as to bring the hand Witnesses: wheel B into the desired position, so as to en- CHARLES PHILLIPS, able the driver to conveniently manipulate Jos. FRIAS. 

